Well, I live in the Metro Detroit, Michigan area which has the highest middle eastern population in the country so there are a decent amount of options when it comes to teachers of the egyptian dance. Tribal classes are a little rarer here. The teacher I'm with currently is trained in both egyptian and tribal and she mainly performs tribal fusion, so when she teaches me a move, she teaches me both the egyptian and tribal variations and what not. Eventually I want to take a class or lesson JUST in egyptian and one JUST in tribal so as to focus on just one at a time. My boyfriend is from the Bay Area in California so I plan to organize our visits to visit his family around tribal workshops and such in that area since there are lots. Also, where I'm located in Michigan makes it easy for me to travel to a few other states and parts of Canada for classes and workshops.
Perhaps you should just do lighter traveling instead of one big trip. Travel to random places, by bus or train instead of plane, for workshops and practice lots in your private time with videos and such...
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